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CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday.6 N8 Z' i7 I- \% d. s1 i3 r; t
8 @, ?& R" Z" D) D) E; WNo one was hurt in the incident which happened after a fire broke out around midnight at its upgrader #1, Suncor said.8 w6 v3 t/ S" u- r' [: `3 V& g+ _
4 a2 ^7 k9 |9 ` u9 I0 ZThe energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.
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Suncor has been plagued by a series fires at its oilsands operations in the past five months, suffering three fires since October in the upgraders which convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil.
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; F' g, ?# _& I2 b. P+ G. Z8 m) `According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.
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4 E+ I# B( p- [( I$ YA fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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